Weekly Report - 11 October 2018 (WR-18-40)

Jair Bolsonaro has emerged as the clear winner in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election, which took place on 7 October, although he was a few percentage points shy of the absolute majority needed to avoid a run-off vote. He will therefore face Fernando Haddad of the leftist Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) in the second round on 28 October.